Bulgaria with accommodation problems at the Chess Olympiad 2024, but that is their smallest problem

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Accommodation problems for federations at the Chess Olympiad 2024 continue. This time Bulgaria reported issues with hotels in Budapest. Speaking from Spain for Sportal.bg, Antoaneta Stefanova commented, “In Budapest we have accommodation problems, which I hope to be solved. The problems are for players from many countries. […] I hope those organizational problems do not spread to transfers to playing halls.” But that is not what worries her most. After more than 1 million eur disappeared through an offshore company with the involvement of Danailov and the ex-Bulgarian chess federation, the state of chess in Bulgaria is appalling. There are no less than 5 chess federations in the country, of them 3 with local activity, one recognized by FIDE and ECU, and one recognized by the Ministry of Sports.

Antoaneta Stefanova is the delegate of the Bulgarian Chess Federation recognized by FIDE and ECU, but not by the local Ministry of Sports. “We continue to receive no financial support from the Ministry, we are still denied a license,” commented Stefanova.

Stefanova will be board 1 of the Bulgarian women team at the Chess Olympiad. The other players in the team are Nurgyul Salimova, Viktoria Radeva, Beloslava Krasteva, and Gergana Peycheva. Board 1 of the open team of Bulgaria is Stefanova’s husband Ivan Cheparinov

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